Live birth: Epidural

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Everyones body is different so we all tollerate pain differently..i personally prefer natural im more scared of a needle touching my spine than the labor pains...and it may look weird or nasty but its the way babies have been born since the begining of time..other than a c-sction how else can a baby be born? Some comments here just dont go.

I had an epidural with both of mine and have no regrets whatsoever. With my first I had a hard time knowing when to push (but a friend who delivered naturally at home also said she didn't have the urge to push) but with my second, I felt the pressure, I felt the urge to push and felt like I had control. I loved the whole experience. My labors progressed well and I never had any back pains afterward. I will probably have an epidural again in a few weeks with this baby.

My epidural experience was nothing like this. I wish!! I pushed for 3.5 hours and it had completely wore off. Because it slowed down labor, I needed piton which made it much more painful. IV plus Pitocin plus epidural plus catheter plus fetal and contraction monitors plus oxegyn mask. Don't expect to get an epi and have it be all hunky dory.... Labor is tough! But then again I'm 5'2" 103 lbs normally so maybe I just wasn't built for it. I do agree with other poster, watch Business of Being Born! I'm trying natural this time to shorten the time of labor and to stay home as long as possible to avoid unnessessary interventions.

this video made me so much more comfortable with giving birth to my baby boy due here in less than 3 months!!! i still can't believe it! it looks painful, but this woman didn't seem to be in pain at all!! doing the epidural for sure:)

I am sooo in love with baby center.com. I found this site during a random search and have been visiting it three and five times a day. This is the first live birth video I watched and I must say, it put me at great ease. I am five weeks along and I just kept telling my mom Im sacred I;m scared and she said I understand thats why i want to be there for you. But this video has made me somewhat unscared and more prepared and I gained some knowledge which is always a good thing. I have to say people that have told me that when they watched a birth it was just soooo terriorizing to see and I dont know maybe since I'm a female it didnt hurt my eyes to see or turn my stomache. I paid more attention to the baby (which is sooooo adorable) than anything else going on. But I loved the video and will keep this in mind come Aug/Sept. 2012. CONGRATS to the parents by the way!!!!

is this ur first child ? beautyfull video but im having my first child .. on july so its a summer baby :) does epidural hurts ? ..
and when the baby is comming out is it painful ? your a very strong women . do you feel when they putting the stiches on ur vagina ? ..

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